WEBVTT AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH MORE. JONATHON: POLICE ARE CALLING THE SHOOTING COMPLETELY RANDOM AND DETECTIVES ARE WORKING TO FIND A MOTIVE. 52-YEAR-OLD ERIC HARDESTY IN JAIL AND NOW FACING A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. AFTER POLICE SAY HE RANDOMLY FIRED SHOTS AT PEOPLE AT A SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA CITY PARKING LOT. >> A VERY FRIGHTENING INCIDENT. JONATHON: IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AROUND 6:00 AT A 7-ELEVEN. UNPROVOKED, HE WALKED UP TO A MAN IN HIS CAR AND OPENED FIRE. >> THE SUSPECT WALKED INTO THE CONVENIENCE STORE BEFORE FIRING A SHOT AT THE CLERK. JONATHON: HE THEN WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND WHEN UP TO ANOTHER RANDOM CAR AND SHOT A WOMAN DRIVING. HE DRAGGED HER OUT AND SPED AWAY. THAT VICTIM IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE BUT SADLY, THE FIRST MAN SHOT NOW IDENTIFIED AS JESSE MYERS LATER DIED. HIS FRIENDS TELLING ME TODAY THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLETE SHOCK. HE WAS A GOOD GUY AND A VETERAN AND WORKED AS AN OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE. ERIC HARDESTY WAS ARRESTED NEARBY IN THE STOLEN CAR. HE REMAINS IN THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL

A man has died and a woman is in critical condition after they were shot during a carjacking outside a gas station Sunday evening in southwest Oklahoma City, police said. A man was trying to steal an SUV at a 7-Eleven near Interstate 240 and South Walker Avenue when he pulled out a gun and shot two people, according to police. The victims were taken to an area hospital, where the male victim, identified as 43-year-old Jessie Marion Myers, was pronounced dead.The female victim, identified as Chiquita Jones, 34, remains in critical condition, officials said.Shortly after the shooting, police saw a vehicle matching the description of one stolen in the carjacking, officials said. Officers engaged in a short pursuit that ended near Southwest 49th Street and South Ollie Avenue, according to police.A man, identified as 52-year-old Eric Deon Hardesty, has been taken into custody and booked into the Oklahoma County Jail, police said. There is no known relationship between Hardesty and the victims, officials said.Anyone with information about the Oklahoma City Police Department's 59th homicide investigation of 2018 is asked to call the homicide tip-line at 405-297-1200.

OKLAHOMA CITY —

A man has died and a woman is in critical condition after they were shot during a carjacking outside a gas station Sunday evening in southwest Oklahoma City, police said.

A man was trying to steal an SUV at a 7-Eleven near Interstate 240 and South Walker Avenue when he pulled out a gun and shot two people, according to police. The victims were taken to an area hospital, where the male victim, identified as 43-year-old Jessie Marion Myers, was pronounced dead.

Shortly after the shooting, police saw a vehicle matching the description of one stolen in the carjacking, officials said. Officers engaged in a short pursuit that ended near Southwest 49th Street and South Ollie Avenue, according to police.

A man, identified as 52-year-old Eric Deon Hardesty, has been taken into custody and booked into the Oklahoma County Jail, police said. There is no known relationship between Hardesty and the victims, officials said.

Anyone with information about the Oklahoma City Police Department's 59th homicide investigation of 2018 is asked to call the homicide tip-line at 405-297-1200.